Quai de la Gare
French Impressionist Painter, 1841-1927
French painter and lithographer. He grew up in Moulins, but at 16 he returned to Paris to find work. Despite the opposition of his working-class family, he prepared for an artistic career while he supported himself in municipal jobs. He started drawing classes and then enrolled in the Academie Suisse, where he met Cezanne and Camille Pissarro. Guillaumin began his career as an avant-garde artist by exhibiting with them at the Salon des Refus's in 1863. Impression of Snow;Quai de Bercy,Paris,ca.1873
1' 8'' x 2'(50.5 x 61.2 cm)Bequest of Antonin Personnaz,1937
Painting ID:: 11427
Armand Guillaumin French Impressionist Painter, 1841-1927
French painter and lithographer. He grew up in Moulins, but at 16 he returned to Paris to find work. Despite the opposition of his working-class family, he prepared for an artistic career while he supported himself in municipal jobs. He started drawing classes and then enrolled in the Academie Suisse, where he met Cezanne and Camille Pissarro. Guillaumin began his career as an avant-garde artist by exhibiting with them at the Salon des Refus's in 1863. Quai de la Gare Impression of Snow;Quai de Bercy,Paris,ca.1873
1' 8'' x 2'(50.5 x 61.2 cm)Bequest of Antonin Personnaz,1937
